Suggestion about bm - Bowel Disorders Message Board

overloaded · 07-20-2005, 10:05 AM

Greetings all.

I have some pain on the right side of the abdomen not the upper or the lower...just in between.

Strange thing is I wont even call it a pain but a sensation.
it happened like two times like when I got up from my bed.
I tryed lying down and pushing my fingers in side the place where I had that sensation and no pain or anything....

Could be the mind ?

Anyone have an Idea?

I also heard metamucil was good for fiber I think as Harry suggests so I am taking one spoon a day to have normal stools instead of diff variants...

Harry · 07-20-2005, 10:10 PM

Overload,
Welcome to this board!!

You really need 25 to 35 grams of fiber daily to make your intestines function properly. THis much produces normal BMs w/o straining for most people. It also needs to be a combination of both soluble and insoluble fiber.

One spoon of Metamucil daily is about 2.5 grams -- of mostly soluble fiber. I sure hope you are intaking what you need in your diet daily along with enough water!!

I wish you well ---Harry

overloaded · 07-21-2005, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Harry

Overload,
Welcome to this board!!

You really need 25 to 35 grams of fiber daily to make your intestines function properly. THis much produces normal BMs w/o straining for most people. It also needs to be a combination of both soluble and insoluble fiber.

One spoon of Metamucil daily is about 2.5 grams -- of mostly soluble fiber. I sure hope you are intaking what you need in your diet daily along with enough water!!

I wish you well ---Harry

Hi Harry
Ok, so soluble fiber where do I get the other fiber?

Thanks

Harry · 07-21-2005, 12:58 PM

All fruits and veggies including greens& green beans also nuts/seeds are mostly insoluble fiber. Wheat bran is insoluble.

Soluble fiber is the inside of grains like rice, corn meal & grits, barley, oatmeal-- beans & peas except the outside husk,--- root veggies like potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets and psyllum.

This is not a complete list but it will give you an Idea of what fiber is!!!

All meat/ seafood and dairy products contains no fiber!!

overloaded · 07-21-2005, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Harry

All fruits and veggies including greens& green beans also nuts/seeds are mostly insoluble fiber. Wheat bran is insoluble.

Soluble fiber is the inside of grains like rice, corn meal & grits, barley, oatmeal-- beans & peas except the outside husk,--- root veggies like potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets and psyllum.

This is not a complete list but it will give you an Idea of what fiber is!!!

All meat/ seafood and dairy products contains no fiber!!

Are you saying also that I should be consuming more then 1 tea spoon of metamucil?

Thanks